Harriett was born in Neodesha, Kan. on Nov. 27, 1923, to the late Gladys (Ballard) and Oburn Ioe Bryan. She had worked as a nurse’s aide at Walnut Valley Manor and was a homemaker. In 1943 she married Lee Elliott in Newton. On May 23, 2001 she married Harvey Smith in Augusta. They both preceded her in death. Brothers, Robert, Charles and "Keck" Bryan also preceded her.